[aiethics] First step
Richard Wallace
rwallace@best.com
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:37:30 +0400
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brilliant contribution Andreas. =
I'm going to=20
start using HBT as an acronym (Hal-Borg-Terminator) =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as in, "A lot of people are concerned =
about HBT=20
scenarios."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, I am going to change my chat =
handle to Dr.=20
Epimetheus.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dr. Epimetheus</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3DMaldix@gmx.de href=3D"mailto:Maldix@gmx.de">Andreas H. =
Drescher</A>=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Christian, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you for your invitation =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to join this forum.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think its very usefull to start=20
"ai-ethics"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with such a =
worst-case-question.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Not only, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>because I am =
sure that everyone of=20
us </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>has to discuss these =
HAL-Borg-Terminator-like=20
reservations</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with people who are not familiar with =
ALICEs=20
helpful restriction</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>called "case-based-reasoning", =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>but because </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>nobody knows the future</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and nobody likes to play the role of =
Epimetheus,=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the man who opened PANDORAS BOX =
without thinking=20
it over before.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But to avoid his misake </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and to prevent this whole =
discussion=20
</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to become nothing else but a =
paper=20
tiger,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think </FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>we=20
should ask ourselves </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the first =
question of=20
every ethics: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Am I really ready to change my=20
behavior</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> because of a =
good argument=20
-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> or does every argument which =
would force me=20
to change my behavior </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> seem to be pure nonsense =
because I simply=20
want to go on the way I am used to?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Don=B4t think </FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial size=3D2>that I=20
was able to answer this question myself.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perhaps this discussion </FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>can help me </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to solve this problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andreas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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